WD97: Cannot Change Word 95 Document Text Box After Opening It

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you open a Word 95 document that contains a picture within a text box in Word 97, you may experience the following problems:

• You cannot change the settings of the text box.

  -and-

• You cannot move the text box to a different location.

CAUSE

The text box was converted to a Word 97 AutoShape object.

WORKAROUND

Changing the Settings of the Autoshape (Text Box) Object

1. Click once on the object to select the picture.

2. Press any ARROW key on the keyboard to select the "text box."

   NOTE: The selection border will change from a single line to a diagonal line border.

3. On the Format menu, click AutoShape.

Moving the AutoShape (Text Box) Object

1. Click once on the object to select the picture.

2. Press any ARROW key on the keyboard to select the "text box."

   NOTE: The selection border will change from a single line to a diagonal line border.

3. Position the mouse pointer over one of the sides of diagonal border, and then click and hold down the mouse button to drag the text box to the new position.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

After you open the document containing a picture in a text box in Word 97, when you click the text box, you are actually selecting the picture inside the text box.